Just a thought Growler, could he have been on about the seed bank?
Ey? Bank? They'll have gone bust by now. 
Nope, a seedbank stores seeds as a source for planting in case seed reserves elsewhere are destroyed. It is a type of gene bank. The seeds stored may be food crops, or those of rare species to protect biodiversity. The reasons for storing seeds may be varied. In the case of food crops, many useful plants that were developed over centuries are now no longer used for commercial agricultural production and are becoming rare. Storing seeds also guards against catastrophic events like natural disasters, outbreaks of disease, war or Nick.
Sorry Sir Grumpymost, I thought you were just messin'.
Hard to tell in here sometimes. Must be the 'Nickfactor'.
So, is all this just bluster then?
The cynical side of me says yes, BUT, why all the fuss for no obvious benefit?
